#Iranian leadership

Articles (3)

• 🇬🇧 Elevating injured Mojtaba Khamenei to supreme leader shows Iranian war machine can run on autopilot — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Lack of public appearances prompted speculation about new leader’s mortality after multiple family members died</p><p>The confirmation that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was <a href=...

  Related: #Political continuity
• 🇺🇸 Iran names new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian state media reports — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei served in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s where he developed close ties with the military services and with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

  Related: #Political succession, #Military influence
• 🇺🇸 Iranian President’s Apology to Neighboring Gulf States Showcases Leadership Rifts — 07/03/2026 [USA]

  Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, apologized for the waves of strikes hitting Gulf states, then hours later claimed Iran had not attacked its “friendly and neighboring countries” in this war.

  Related: #Middle East tensions, #Regional conflicts